Confederate piece in storage as its future unclear

8:52 PM,
Dec. 7, 2012

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One day after the Confederate statue was removed from campus, there still seems to be some debate as to who owns the piece of art - and until that is determined, the statue will remain in storage.

The statue, a recent center of controversy, stood south of the Avenna Center and depicted two Confederate soldiers with a Confederate flag.

Alan Coombs, Green Valley Spa owner and one of the statue donors, said he was approached by DSC president Alton L. Wade in 1986 to donate $25,000 toward the statue. Local artist Jerry Anderson was commissioned to sculpt the piece. ...